Blue Bell Inc. Canadair CL-44 swingtail was used to transport denim material and finished blue jeans between BDL and Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. On New Years morning 1984, this aircraft made an emergency landing at Boston’s Logan Intenational Airport due...
Story and photos by Ken Kula Airplanes and ice normally don’t mix very well. There are issues like carburetor icing, airframe icing, and contaminated (read: icy – adverse breaking action reports of “medium”,” poor” or “nil”) runways that lend...
Story by Ken Kula; photos by Scott Jankowski (where noted) or otherwise by Ken Kula The Royal Canadian Air Force has announced a huge change to their training process and aircraft lineup. Most of the current airframes used for...
avelo Boeing B-737-8F2 rolls out after landing at Manchester, New Hampshire Article and photos by Ken Kula Manchester, New Hampshire’s hometown airport actually sits within two municipalities… the city of Manchester and the town of Litchfield. Plans for the...
Beech 2000 Starship, Scaled Composites Model 115 Story and photos by Ken Kula “Burt” Rutan has been involved with several scores of distinctive and cutting-edged aircraft designs. Most recognizable are his line of homebuilt aircraft which feature canards and...
U. S. Air Force Reserve WC-130J and NOAA WP-3D Hurricane Hunters Story and photos by Ken Kula Hurricane Milton, which formed early in October, 2024 contained the lowest atmospheric pressure that I’ve ever seen. I was in the air...
Photos by Ken Kula and Anne Taylor Here are twenty-seven photos of home-built or “kit planes” we saw at AirVenture Oshkosh 2024. How many do you recognize? VIKING DRAGONFLY MK 2 ACRO SPORT II ARION LIGHTNING XS BREEZY RLU-2...
Story and photos by Ken Kula There was a mind-boggling amount of cutting-edge technology at this year’s EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. While there’s no way we could show and tell about every example of new equipment and innovations, here are...
Story and photos by Ken Kula Connecticut’s original Waterbury Airport (FAA ID KN41), known as Mount Tobe Airport, was built during the mid-1930s. The airport is uncontrolled, and offers twin turf runways surrounded by trees and rolling hills. For...
Approaching the landing zone from overhead the village of Greenville, this Cessna 185 is about to land on Moosehead Lake. Story and photos by Ken Kula The town of Greenville, Maine sits on a bay at the southern end...
N701AU LOCKHEED P2V-7 AT FOX FIELD CALIFORNIA: UNITED STATES Photography by Ken Kula The Annex Seven of the International Civil Aviation Organization specifies nationality markings for every country’s registered aircraft. Many of these markings begin with a single letter...
Cirrus aircraft mass arrival formations… a pair on Runway 36 Left and one on Runway 36 Right (in the background) Photos by Ken Kula and Anne Taylor Formation flying takes plenty of practice and perfection to arrange a group...
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